The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10

night and Friday night, aud If the
weather is fair the exhibition will be
fine. Don't fail TO look for them.
DIR. Conners Of Oil City, affable
and pleasant, is circulating among
Tionesta's citizens. The Doctor is
giving his attention to life insurance,
and represents very substantial com.
pany.
Esquire J. g. Hoovler was called
to Mercer county a fortnight ago to
attend the bedside of his aged father,
Jacob Hoovler, who died at his home
on North Hill, that county, aged SO
years.
Mr.. G. w. Smith OF East Hicko.
ry and Miss Louie Seigworth we're
married on August 1st, at the resi-.
dence of the brides father, David
Seigworth, near Friburg, Clarion
county.
-Wm. Carbaugh, of Tionesta town.
ship, reports that he has a stock Of
Corn in his patch which stands nine
feet and ten inches in its stocking feet.
This doesn't look like a failure in The
corn crop.
Judge Henderson, of Lebanon
county, decides that fruit overhanging
fence belongs to the man who owns
the ground over which it hangs and
that he can cut off the limbs Of the
tree if he chooses.
-Conundrum: If Kepler's income
from the Carnahan well is 25 cents,
and it takes 20 cents to buy a pound
of coffee, (without milk or sugar. how
many forged naturalization papers can
be successfully colored with a peach
can full of co6ee2
Mrs. John Ciomer and Miss Ella,
of Green township we're in town yes.
terday. We are sorry to learn that
Mr.. Cromer is still laid up from the
effects Of a cut on the leg received
last March, erysipelas having set in.
Mr.. Fulton has at last struck
water in his well, which is now down
63 feet, the last Is feet of which was
kicked down by the old fashioned pro-
cess of drilling for oil. And, by.t
way, they found some oil in the well
too.
Great preparations are making in
Oil City for the veterans reunion tc
be held there on the 25th inst. i
will be the largest gathering of ole
soldiers ever held in this section, nc
doubt. Stow Post Of this place viii
attend in a body, we hear.
Forest County's Democratic pa
per, the Vindicator, came out las
week enlarged to seven columns, ant
otherwise very materially improved
The Democrats now have pape
which is credit to the party, and il
which they can take just pride.
"A. B. Root, Sr., who accompanie
the Hickory colony to Washingto
territory, returned last week TO arrang
his business for leaving and settling i
that section permanently. He report
all the Forestonians we'll and comfor
ably settled in their new home.
The premium list Of the Venar
go county fair to be held 10 Franklir
; Sept. 6, Z, 8 and 8, is at hand, and
perhaps the most complete of any "
issued by the association. There is n
: discount or the Franklin fairs; the
; are worth going long way to see.
Mr.. w. A. Grove came home la
Saturday from Kentucky, where, wit
t his brothers, Wilbur and Park, an
9 Frank Hunter, he is engaged in drill
ing for gas. The extreme heat SO q
tected Alb. that he was compelled
8 come north and get breath of pul
d air.
While Kepler is riding the count
Q over blowing his bazoo to everybod
he can get to listen to him, and be-
o ing the Democrats to everlasting
a disgrace themselves by voting for hiI
is it wouldn't be bad idea to expla
70 whether he did not vote for just
Shawkey against Maj. John Peterson
a j. B. Agnew against ]. T. Rose;
|. N. s. Foreman against Thos. Flynl
"a for Judge Arner against VIM. Hoo,
A for G. NJ. Shawkey against John
Hart; for Peter Berry against j.
Watson; and whether he voted 1
y S. H. Haslet in 1876? At the sal
:, time he might state how, according